Friday October 28, 2016

Last spring, a kindergarten teacher in Tacoma, Washington was fired for being drunk on the job. The story was widely reported and the teacher was ridiculed on social media. Three months later, Klara Bowman took her own life. News Tribune columnist Matt Driscoll decided to learn more about her struggle with addiction and found a cautionary tale for the social media age.

Friday August 26, 2016

This week, we found out that some of the painkillers found in Prince's home after he died contained fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that's 50 to 100 times more powerful than heroin. David Armstrong, a reporter with the health and medical news site STAT, says across North America, it's now common to find fentanyl pills masquerading as commonly prescribed painkillers and that it's is making an already bad situation much, much worse.

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Dec 02, 6:00 PM ET audio

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Dec 02, 7:29 PM ET audio

Riffed from the headlines is our weekly news quiz where we choose three riffs linked by one story in the news. Guess the story that links the riffs and you could win a Day 6 tote bag. More
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